《夕阳》下美国黑人的人格分裂与现代精神荒原

The Split Personality and Modern Spiritual Wasteland of the African-Americans in That Evening Sun

福克纳短篇小说《夕阳》细腻地刻画了美国内战后黑人南希因与白人怀孕而惧怕丈夫耶稣杀她,竭力向其白人雇主家庭求助未果的心理历程。南希以与白人怀孕为浪漫邂逅并以之为荣,但又惧怕黑人丈夫的心理动机,体现了内战后的种族隔离下美国黑人在种族关系中的尴尬处境、集体身份感迷失与人格分裂。黑人耶稣的形象体现了现代人灵肉分裂、神性丧失,从而缺乏行动意志、行动目标与行动能力的精神面貌。

William Faulkner＇s short novel That Evening Sun exquisitely depicts a post-civil-war American black woman Nancy＇s horror over her husband Jesus＇ attempt to kill her for her pregnancy with a white man. This paper studies Nancy＇s motivation to compromise with the whites and Jesus＇ impotency in his constant non-presence. And it comes to the conclusion that Nancy figure symbolizes the collective loss of identity and split personality of the American blacks, while Jesus＇ non-presence and deferred murder symbolizes the spiritual wasteland of the modem world